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Jessica bought me a fabulous watch from my favorite vintage watch shop (Somlo) and conspired with them to…
It opens with: “Jessica bought me a fabulous watch from my favorite vintage watch shop (Somlo) and conspired with them to have it in the window when I walked by. Of course it was the first one I noticed. But instead of a description, the label said "Happy early birthday Paul." I still didn't get that it was for me, because one of…” — a public X post by Paul Graham (@paulg), posted 2026-10-01. Verified for export on this site: 533 characters, 1 paragraphs. Use the button above to save it as Word, PDF or Markdown, images included.
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It opens with: “Jessica bought me a fabulous watch from my favorite vintage watch shop (Somlo) and conspired with them to have it in the window when I walked by. Of course it was the first one I noticed. But instead of a description, the label said "Happy early birthday Paul." I still didn't get that it was for me, because one of…” — a public X post by Paul Graham (@paulg), posted 2026-10-01. Verified for export on this site: 533 characters, 1 paragraphs. Use the button above to save it as Word, PDF or Markdown, images included.
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- 2026-10-01
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